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I'm trying to keep up to date with the threads for what I'm really interested in so I can hopefully do the same when they start to air, so I can finally branch off from mostly posting in Upcoming Series. Anyway,

Definite:
Magi
Non Non Biyori
Aikatsu!
Kyoukai No Kanata
Kyousogiga
Little Busters Refrain
Phi Brain
Pokemon The Origin (I know it's a special and I have no other specials listed but come on, it had to be done)

Ace of Diamond- Yay sports and baseball, plus a good cast makes this a much watch for me.

Samurai Flamenco- Takahiro Omori, enough said.

Kill La Kill- Trigger and Imaishi

Kyoukai no Kanata- I loved the CM for this before I even knew it was going to be a series.

Gingitsune- I tend to like youkai stories

Also possibly will watch

Magi 2nd season- Depends on how much of the above I keep up with. The first season didn't wow me but since I did watch the first season I might be interested in seeing what happens next (at least it didn't completely piss me off like Valvrave the Liberator).

Pupa & Coppelion- Both sound potentially interesting but I think I will wait for viewer feedback first.

Kyousogiga. I love, love, love the OVA, with my favourite episode being the one where useless things float away. I don't really get the setting or plot, but it all makes sense in a psychodelic sort of way. If nothing else, this is going to be creative and fun.

The pre-season curiosity award goes to:

Pupa. The combination of horror and anime is not normally something that works with me, and this seems like something that might be wallowing in misery a bit too much. But who knows. The artwork and concept are intriguing. I'll have to at least know what this is.

The pre-season artwork-on-the-chart award goes to:

Toaru Hikuushi e no Koiuta. There's nothing whatsoever that intrigues me about the concept, but colouration and expression of that face is sort of fascinating. (I hope this an actual anime illustration, and not a light novel illustration.) I'll check it out for this reason alone.

The pre-season character design cuteness award goes to:

Non Non Biyori. I always watch at least one banal slice-of-life show, and since those shows are always so banal the most important factor pre-season is the character design. (Once I'm watching it has to keep my interest with attention to detail, especially body language, and good voice work. This year, Yuyushiki was a good example of what I'm looking for, even though the character design didn't initially pique my interest.)

The I-gotta-see-what-this-studio-does-with-this award goes to:

Kill-la-Kill. I liked what Trigger did with Little Witch Academia, and they're ex-Gainax.

Toaru Hikuushi e no Koiuta. There's nothing whatsoever that intrigues me about the concept, but colouration and expression of that face is sort of fascinating. (I hope this an actual anime illustration, and not a light novel illustration.) I'll check it out for this reason alone.

The art on there is the same that the MAL page for the light novel uses, so I wouldn't bet on it. Still something that interests me even though I didn't mention it, due to it being delayed until January.

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The pre-season character design cuteness award goes to:

Non Non Biyori. I always watch at least one banal slice-of-life show, and since those shows are always so banal the most important factor pre-season is the character design. (Once I'm watching it has to keep my interest with attention to detail, especially body language, and good voice work. This year, Yuyushiki was a good example of what I'm looking for, even though the character design didn't initially pique my interest.)

Personally, that's not the reason I'm watching it. I mean, besides the fact that I actually like slice of life, the characters designs in this don't pique my interest just yet. I'm surprised you're not even mentioning how gorgeous the rest of the art is going to look. But well, you could just as easily just have different tastes than me.

The art on there is the same that the MAL page for the light novel uses, so I wouldn't bet on it. Still something that interests me even though I didn't mention it, due to it being delayed until January.

I didn't know it was delayed. Not really surprised about the picture. Oh well. (This is one of the descriptions that tell me nothing about the story, though.)

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Personally, that's not the reason I'm watching it. I mean, besides the fact that I actually like slice of life, the characters designs in this don't pique my interest just yet. I'm surprised you're not even mentioning how gorgeous the rest of the art is going to look. But well, you could just as easily just have different tastes than me.

I haven't yet researched any of the shows, so all I've got to go in the description and what's on the poster (or what others in here say). I have no idea what the rest of the art is going to look like.

And, yes, I like Slice of Life, too. Form the picture, I thought it would be a "banal" Slice of Life show (like A Channel), but maybe it's a sentimental slice-of-life show (like Tamayura)?

I haven't yet researched any of the shows, so all I've got to go in the description and what's on the poster (or what others in here say). I have no idea what the rest of the art is going to look like.

And, yes, I like Slice of Life, too. Form the picture, I thought it would be a "banal" Slice of Life show (like A Channel), but maybe it's a sentimental slice-of-life show (like Tamayura)?

Having read the manga, I can say that at least I feel the country-side and overall atmosphere does make it seem more original than city-like shows such as A-Channel, but it might still be a tad banal, despite the fact that elementary and middle schoolers being mixed into the same room does add quite a bit of spice to the whole ordeal , imo. I suggest you go into the thread here and look at some of the trailers, it looks pretty good, imo.

Not too many interesting shows this season. I guess I'll pick up Strike the blood, The Unbreakable Machine Doll and Toaru Hikuushi no Koitua. Toaru sadly seems to be the only thing on this list I'm truly anticipating. Hopefully I'm wrong and some of the other shows turn out to be really good.

Infinite Stratos (Guilty pleasure)
Valvrave Season 2 (It will be over 666/100)
Arpeggio of Blue Steel (Unknown expectations. It is Kishi after all)
Tokyo Ravens (Low expectations)
White Album 2 (I had a love/hate relation with that show. And I'm sure you can imagine where the hate came from. But people are saying this one is much better and it actually has the original writer of the VN writing the anime, which I don't think has ever happened be it VN, LN or manga.)
Little Busters Refrain (Couldn't wait. Finished the VN. High expectations)
Golden Time (Moderate to High expectations)
Coppelion (Low to Moderate expectations)
Nagi no Asakura (Low expectations)
Kyoukai no Kanata (High expectations)
Yozakura Quaratet Hana no Uta (High expectations)
Kill la Kill (Unknown expectations)
Samurai Flamenco (Moderate expectations)
Galieli Donna (They'll make a girl based anime around anything will they? Low expectations)
Kyousogiga (Moderate to high expectations)
Pupa (High expectations. This is Mochizuki-sensei directing after all.)
Shows I'm watching from previous seasons are Hunter x Hunter and Detective Conan and that's it.

And movies I am looking forward to. I'm only including those that will be available online this season. I'm looking forward to both Aura and Steins Gate.